Singer-songwriter Jim Dyar and multi-instrumentalist Keli Tims Dyar have been performing as A Dyar Situation since 2020. A longtime musician in Northern California, Jim has recorded and performed with the Jim Dyar Band, Muletown and Jim Dyar and the Barefoot Band. Vocalist/songwriter Keli Tims plays keyboards, mandolin, guitar and percussion. She is also a landscape photographer and visual artist. The Dyar duo have been performing together since 2017 and later married in 2019, forming a true "Dyar Situation".
Celebrating life in a post-Pandemic world, A Dyar Situation released "Glad to be anywhere" in August, 2023. The album features themes of love, travel, friendship and daring adventure. Produced by Bruce Turgon (Foreigner/Lou Gramm), the songs on the album "each stand alone, wrought from solid rhythm, exquisitely controlled instrumentation, a production aesthetic that is a wonderous blend of spacey-cosmic over soul-of-the-earth, and incisive, poignant lyrics that are never not fun." - Bay Area recording artist/producer Brian J. Kenny
Album credits
1. Slow Lane (Jim Dyar, Keli Tims)
2. Whiskeytown (Jim Dyar)
3. Red-Eyed Nights (Jim Dyar)
4. Love Song Too (Jim Dyar)
5. Trinity Street (Jim Dyar)
6. Glad to be Anywhere (Jim Dyar, Keli Tims)
7. To The Sea (Jim Dyar, Jonathan Foster, Morgan Hannaford)
Performance Credits
Jim Dyar: Acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Keli Tims: Mandolin, acoustic guitars, piano, guitalele, shakers, vocals
Bruce Turgon: Bass guitar
Clinton Kane: Acoustic guitar (“Red-Eyed Nights,” “Love Song Too”)
Morgan Hannaford: Mandolin (“Trinity Street”)
Martha Hannaford: Violin (“Whiskeytown”)
Jonathan Foster: Harmonica (“Slow Lane,” “Trinity Street”)
Kent Arnsbarger: Pan Steel Drum (“To The Sea”)
Jimmy K. Bruce: Drums, percussion
Produced and engineered by Bruce Turgon, After Hours Recorders, Redding, CA.
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Album artwork by Keli Tims Photography